WEBVTT .MERRIMACK POLICE ARE ASKING FORTHE PUBLIC'S HELP IDENTIFYINGTHE MAN AND WOMAN IN THISSURVEILLANCE VIDEO, AT THE GULFGAS STATION, ON CONTINENTALBOULEVARD.>> WE HAVE TWO INSIDE THE STORETHAT WE BELIEVE ARE CONNECTED,THERES AN OBVIOUS DISTRACTIONTECHNIQUE THATS USED.REPORTER: AROUND 10:00 SUNDAYNIGHT, AFTER A SIMPLETRANSACTION WITH THE TWO TOOK ANUNUSUALLY LONG TIME, THE GASSTATION'S SYSTEM SIGNALED ANERROR, THAT'S WHEN THE EMPLOYEENOTICED SECURITY STRIPS ON THEPUMPS WERE TAMPERED WITH.>> IT'S TAKEN TOO LONG FOR SMALLTRANSACTION, LIKE THEY TOOK SOMEBEER AND CANDY AND CHIPS.I THINK AFTER 2 TO 3 MINUTES THEGIRL CAME IN AND SHE BOUGHT SOMECIGARETTES, WHICH IS TAKING SOLONG, THEY TRY TO TALK TO THECLERK.REPORTER: POLICE BELIEVE THE MANAND WOMAN DISTRACTED THE CLERK,WHILE ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL ON THEOTHER SIDE OF THIS LARGE SUVINSERTED CREDIT CARD SKIMMERSINTO THE PUMP.>> THERE IS A VERY LATE MODELFORD EXPEDITION THAT PULLS UP TOTHE GAS PUMPS, CLEARLY OBSCURESTHE CAMERA, DOESNT REVEAL THEINDIVIDUAL PUTTING THE DEVICEIN, BUT THE TWO INDIVIDUALSINSIDE WE SUSPECT WOULD HAVEINFORMATION AS TO WHO WASRESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.REPORTER: THE SKIMMING DEVICEWAS FOUND QUICKLY, AND POLICETHINK THE WORST WAS AVOIDED.>> WE HAVENT HAD ANY VICTIMSCOME FORWARD YET.HOWEVER WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECTTHE DEVICES, WHICH IN THE EVENTITS NOT A BLUETOOTH DEVICE, WESHOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO BESAFE BY SAYING WE DONT THINKANYONES INFORMATION HAS BEENCOMPROMISED AT THIS TIME.JEAN: --REPORTER: POLICE BELIEVE THE MANIN THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWEDA FLORIDA DRIVERS LICENSE, WITHA 1985 BIRTHDATE.AND THEY SAY, AS ALWAYS, IF ITLOOKS LIKE THE SECURITY STICKERNEAR THE PUMP KEY PAD HAS BEENTAMPERED WITH, DON'T USE IT AND

A fast-acting gas station employee in Merrimack might have saved customers from losing a lot of money, police said Wednesday.

Merrimack police said a clerk at the Gulf Gas Station on Continental Boulevard discovered that credit card skimmers had been installed on a gas pump while he was helping other customers. Those customers might have been involved in the scam, police said.

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"We have two inside the store that we believe are connected," Detective Scott Park said. "There's an obvious distraction technique that's used."

The incident took place about 10 p.m. Sunday, when a man and a woman took an unusually long time with a transaction, police said.

"It was taking too long for a small transaction," gas station owner Tony Nasr said. "They took some beer and candy and chips. I think after two to three minutes, the girl came in, and she bought some cigarettes. They tried to talk to the clerk."

Police said they believe the man and woman distracted the clerk while another individual inserted credit card skimmers into a pump.

"There was a very late-model Ford Expedition that pulled up to the gas pumps," Park said. "It clearly obscures the camera. It doesn't reveal the individual putting the device in, but the two individuals inside, we suspect, would have information as to who was responsible for that."

The skimming device was found quickly, and police said they think the worst was avoided.

"We haven't had any victims come forward yet," Park said. "However, we were able to collect the devices, which in the event it's not a Bluetooth device, we should probably be able to be safe by saying we don't think anyone's information has been compromised at this time."

The customers were caught on surveillance cameras, and police said it appears that the man showed a Florida driver's license with a 1985 birth date.

Police said that anyone who sees a security sticker on a pump that looks like it has been tampered with shouldn't use the pump and should tell an attendant.